Dallas CAST - John Ross Ewing III

Who played John Ross Ewing III over the years

Josh Henderson - (June 13, 2012 - present)

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* Junior is the original bad boy, JR's son.

JOHN ROSS EWING III'S HISTORY

John Ross Ewing was born to Sue Ellen and JR Ewing. We fast forward 20 years to learn John Ross is more like his daddy than his mother. John Ross privately went against Ellie's wishes and drilled for oil on the ranch property. They struck oil, but at a cost. He knocked heads with his uncle Bobby.

PAST MARRIAGES

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PICTURES

John Ross and Pamela admire her gumball wedding ring on her private jet. Cliff calls to tell her everything is playing out in their favor, the ultimate payback for what Jock did to him. Later, John Ross tells her they fight all their battles together and will take Cliff down together. He pulls out the flight history and discovers Cliff was in Mexico the night JR died. He calls Bobby, who urges John Ross to get to Southfork ASAP.

From his office Bobby calls Bum and tells him it’s time to put the plan in motion. When John Ross and Pamela arrive Bobby tells them they still don’t have enough to bring Cliff to justice. Pamela still doesn’t think Cliff knew she would be on the rig. Bobby thinks he can shed some light.

Elena’s mom calls her in Switzerland worried about Drew. Elena calls Drew from the burner phone. He is in a hotel room, spraying the shoes from the shipment with a chemical. Elena urges him to forget Roy and go to Mexico but he refuses. She hangs up quickly when Chris comes in. He found an address linked to Pamela’s accounts. She thinks he must want an explanation from Pamela about why she left him, but he insists he just wants her shares.

At Southfork Bobby introduces John Ross and Pamela to Rhonda, the woman who was with JR the night he died. Pamela shows her a picture of Cliff. Rhonda saw him at the club the night JR was killed. John Ross runs off and Bobby follows. Bobby wants stronger proof against Cliff but John Ross demands to know what Bobby is holding on to. Bobby insists Chris needs his mother’s shares first. In the meantime Bobby has a way to prove Cliff did it. He just needs one day and Pamela’s help.

In the hotel, Chris looks through Elena’s bag for a phone charger and finds the burner. He calls the last number and when Drew hears it is Chris he destroys his phone. Elena comes out of the shower and Chris demands to know where Drew is. She tells him he is trying to help but he wants her gone when he gets back.

Chris sits outside his mother’s house and ignores a call from Elena. She begs him to come back to the hotel so she can fix this. She loves him.

Sue Ellen meets Bobby at Southfork and she tells him the governor might be more amenable to their requests. He tells her it is just in time. Drew calls him and tells him that Roy was arrested for possession of narcotics –the drugs Harris is transporting. The shows are made from high-pressure molded cocaine and now they can get what they need on Ryland. Drew apologizes and hangs up.

Elena and Carmen talk about Drew. She tells her that lying to Chris was wrong and she should apologize. Carmen assures her with time Chris will forgive her.

Pam and John Ross plant the belt buckle in Cliff’s safe deposit box. She is sad but he promises her a fresh start when this is all over.

Emma goes through Harris’ desk for pills. She goes to the safe instead and Harris finds her.

Chris is drunk in his hotel but wakes up when he get a call that Pam is clearing out her accounts. He leaves for the bank. He gets there in time and it is the same woman from before - but not Pam. He demands to know who she is.

Pamela and John Ross find paperwork in the safe deposit box that Christopher’s mother is dead.

Pamela visits Roy in prison and demands to know if Cliff knew she was on the rig. He encourages her to have more children and forget her dad. There was nothing unintentional about it. Later, Roy’s throat is slashed by a guard.

Emma watches a news report about Roy’s murder and Harris assures her he had nothing to do with it. She is glad Drew is gone and Roy is dead because they can’t hurt him.

Chris returns to Southfork and asks Bobby what’s next. He hands over the copy of Pam’s will and John Ross hands over the death certificate they found – July 14, 1989. Pamela and John Ross tells Chris about their marriage as well. Chris is glad one good thing came out of it. Bum arrives and Bobby is ready to reveal what was in JR’s letter. He opens the safe and shows them the gun that killed JR. Pamela recognizes it as Cliff’s. Bum tells them that Cliff was using the cartel to cover his tracks. He called Carlos, who bought the gun that Cliff used to kill JR from the cartel. They need to bust Cliff in Mexico and Pamela assures them she can get him there.

Chris tells Elena at home that he can’t trust her anymore.

Pamela and Cliff head to Mexico and she plants his gun in the limo before they take off in the jet.

At home Emma mixes up pills in Harris' breakfast, and when he passes out she pulls out the log book and a suitcase from his safe. She goes to Southfork and gives everything to Ann.

When Harris wakes up the cops are there to arrest him for drug trafficking. Cliff’s safe deposit is searched, JR’s body is exhumed, and Cliff’s gun is found.

As soon as Cliff and Pam arrive in Mexico, Bobby, John Ross, Sue Ellen and Christopher arrive. They know about Pamela's death and reveal Pam’s marriage to John Ross. The cops come to arrest Cliff but he denies everything. He tells Pamela JR is trying to frame him from the grave. He did not kill JR!

From his cell Cliff accuses Bobby of framing him. He wants to know who killed JR. Bobby tells him he will never know.

Bobby and Bum visit JR’s grave. Chris and John Ross join them and ask Bobby what really happened. Bobby pulls out the letter from JR. He was dying from cancer and wanted Bobby to end the feud once and for all. Bobby and Bum worked together to frame Cliff. Bum actually shot JR, at his request. JR asked him to do it and it was the hardest thing he ever did. The only person who could take down JR, was JR.

At home, Elena is delivered land records from Cliff Barnes' lawyer. Cliff wants to see her.

Emma visits Harris in jail. He is livid with her for letting the Ewings get inside her head. She tells him it has nothing to do with the Ewings. She is just her father’s daughter.

By the pool Chris reads the letter from his mom. Pamela joins him and tells him she wants to live her life with John Ross and not look back. Chris is happy for her. She advises him to let go of his anger toward Elena.

Elena visits Cliff in jail and he tells her that JR paid to have the land deeds of Southfork switched so JR got the rich one and her father got the dry one. He wants her to be the proxy for the third of Barnes he owns and make the Ewings pay for the sins against her family.

A new portrait of JR is revealed at Ewing Global. They all toast to never going against a Ewing. Later, John Ross revels in having half of Southfork – and the oil under it. Sue Ellen urges him to treat Pamela right. She then grabs a bottle of booze and leaves.

Chris goes to Elena’s to tell her he loves her but she isn’t there.

In Mexico, Elena visits Joaquin, someone high up in the cartel, someone she and Drew grew up with in Mexico.

John Ross goes home with flowers and champagne but they aren’t for Pamela. They are for Emma. She hands him the briefcase from Harris and they get in bed together. He doesn’t mind paying her price as long as she doesn’t tell his wife.

Chris tells everyone at the dinner table that he asked Ellis to have Pamela declared dead. Derrick calls Bobby and tells him they have something on Harris’ truck.

At the warehouse, Bobby, Christopher and John Ross find out Harris’ load was legit but Bobby isn’t buying it. They find Harris’ man and Bobby gives him some cash to call them when they see another one of Harris’ trucks. They leave and he calls Harris, who knew all along the Ewings were following him and set up the legit load to throw them off.

Drew approaches Emma by her horse. He warns her he will go to the feds about her father if he ever sees her high or with McCabe again. In her room she crushes up a pill and snorts it.

At Ewing Energies Bobby learns he didn’t get the extension on the loan, and in fact it was sold to Cliff Barnes. Cliff comes in and calls in the loan. They need to come up with $200 million in 24 hours or he owns them. And he doesn’t take checks.

John Ross calls Pamela and tells her to ask Cliff why he wants a company with faulty technology and a $200 million fine. She hangs up. Inside she finds Cliff, who tells her they will own Ewing tomorrow. He tells her the babies would have tied her to the Ewings forever and she realizes he is lying. She goes to the bathroom and freaks out.

Pamela goes to John Ross and tells him he was right. Cliff killed her babies. They make love and later she tells John Ross she wants to hurt him as much as he hurt her.

Elena sees tow texts on Chris’s phone. Ellis has news about his mother and she is shocked he didn’t tell her. He tells her he is trying to get her shares. They need to take from Cliff what he is taking from them. Chris tells her his mom was dead to him years ago.

Elena and Chris meet with Ellis. They found a list of deposits made to a Swiss account that mirror the amount in the trust. Pamela is alive.

Pamela accesses Barnes Global’s website from her apartment. She needs to find something on her father and John Ross assures her they will. They make love.

Cliff meets Harris at home and gives him a check to get his company back from Judith. He is sure the Ewings won’t get the money they need in time to pay the fine, but Harris warns him how persistent they are. Cliff isn’t worried.

At Ewing Energies Sue Ellen tells Bobby that Bum can’t find Ken. Pamela comes in with John Ross and tells them she can’t find anything in Cliff’s files. Chris tells everyone it appears his mother has been signing checks in Switzerland for years. Chris tells Pamela that the other Pamela owns a third of Barnes Global. Pamela had no idea. Bobby knows all Cliff cares about is his business and that is how they will bring him down.

John Ross tells Pamela about the bomb at her place as Cliff arrives unannounced. John Ross hides as she gets Cliff out.

At lunch, Cliff gives Pamela some diamond and emerald earrings that belonged to her aunt Katherine. Bum listens in on a wire. She wants to be a partner in Barnes Global and demands her due. He clinks glasses with her.

Harris, Cliff and the governor watch the news and see that Harris’ man Roy is arrested and an alert is out on Drew. The governor is livid but Cliff thinks this will only accelerate their access to Ewing. There is no evidence against them.

Emma visits Harris at home and accuses him of using Drew to make the bomb to get him away from her. She demands to know what he did with Judith and he tells her she is getting round the clock care. He has more pills for Emma, but she has to pack up her things at Southfork. She agrees.

Roy is brought up on charges at court. He pleads not guilty and since there is no evidence the judge dismisses charges.

Later, Bobby tells John Ross that Roy disappeared after court. He has had Bum following Cliff and tells him he gave Pamela one third of Barnes Global. John Ross is surprised. Bobby wants her shares but is not sure he should ask John Ross to do anything about it. John Ross knows this isn’t about love. It’s about family survival. A sheriff comes by and takes them to a wreck Emma had under the influence. Ann approaches her but Emma accuses Ann of escaping Harris and Judith without her. Ann blames herself for not doing anything when she learned about her drug problem. Emma is arrested and Ann refuses to bail her out until she agrees to rehab.

Carmen and Elena worry at home. Drew calls Elena and tells her he has to find Roy before he comes back. But he needs money. Carmen begs Elena to help him. She agrees. Later, she lies to Chris. He looks at her phone and sees the unknown number.

John Ross waits for Pamela at home. She comes in and tells him about Cliff’s gift. She is concerned when he isn’t happy and he tells her he thinks she is pulling one over on him. She promises she could never side with Cliff after he killed her babies. He isn’t worried about Cliff, but her once she has her power. She gives him her word but he wants action.

Elena and Carmen meet Drew in a field. They give him $5,000 and an untraceable phone. He promises to find Roy and make things right. He asks Elena to find oil and make their father proud.

Chris gets a call at home and runs to his computer. He gets Bobby and Ann and tells them someone saw Pam and they are emailing over a picture. Her face is partially hidden, and after the car accident, Bobby can’t tell if it is really her. Chris is on the next flight to Zurich. Elena wants to go with him and he agrees. Later, Sue Ellen meets Bobby and tells him Ken is still missing and no one will cover their loan. Bobby is not used to doing things the way JR did and tells Sue Ellen that JR had a plan. John Ross texts him and tells him the shares are his.

Pamela and John Ross get married at a chapel.

Cliff arrives at Ewing Energies the next morning for his money. Bobby hands over the keys to Ewing Energies instead and tells him not to get too comfortable. They both wish they could see the look on JR’s face right now.